Naslov
The Perception of Efficiency of Police Stops among Police Officers in Croatia
(The Perception of Efficiency of Police Stops Among Police Officers in Croatia)

Autori
Karas, Željko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology / - Ghent, 2019, 146-146

Skup
19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: ConverGENT, Convergent roads, bridges and new pathways in criminology

Mjesto i datum
Gent, Belgija, 18.09.2019. - 21.09.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
Police stops ; efficiency
(police stops ; efficiency)

Sažetak
The aim of the research was to analyse police officers’ perception of the characteristics that they consider important for evaluating the efficiency of police stops (ID checks). The research was conducted through a structured interview with five senior police officers (former heads of the state level police units). The research also included a survey on the sample of 42 police officers (N = 42). The results show that there are three benchmarks that police officers considered the most important: the frequency of evidence obtained (23%), the frequency of finding wanted persons (20%) and the influence on crime prevention (20%). Interviews with former managers pointed at different perception of preventive effects. Further research should be conducted on a larger sample. Other results showed that police officers, according to their estimate, officially registered only 7% of the conducted police stops in the last year. Such practice is based on the attitude that police stops should be registered only if they result with initiating certain legal proceedings, or if the person concerned has a criminal record. Further results showed that incriminating evidence was found in only 1, 7% of police stops. The most of police stops were conducted by traffic police (60%), although they represented only 33% in the sample.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sigurnosne i obrambene znanosti

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